Connecticut Theater Festival Ends Its 21-Year Run

The Connecticut Theater Festival will cease operations after 21 years on Oct. 31, the end of its fiscal year.

Founding Producing Artistic Director Dean Adams made the announcement today sayin: "We've had a great run of 21 years, but the current economic climate, coupled with the loss of our original performance space, has made producing summer entertainment difficult."

The Connecticut Theater Festival began as The Centennial Theater Festival in 1990 at the Werner Centennial Theater on the grounds of Westminster School. Each year, the summer program produced Equity theater productions and presented professional dance and music events in an eight-week summer season.

The agreement to use the Westminster facilities ended in 2003 and since then CTF has produced and presented events at Saint Joseph's College, Hartford Stage, The Simsbury Meadows, and the Roberts Theater at Kingswood-Oxford School.